President Obama talking with members of the Ohio Congressional delegation aboard Air Force One on Friday during a trip to Ohio. Stephen Crowley/The New York TimeFrom The New York Times:
WASHINGTON — President Obama declared in an interview that the United States was not winning the war in Afghanistan and opened the door to a reconciliation process in which the American military would reach out to moderate elements of the Taliban, much as it did with Sunni militias in Iraq.
Mr. Obama pointed to the success in peeling Iraqi insurgents away from more hard-core elements of Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, a strategy that many credit as much as the increase of American forces with turning the war around in the last two years. “There may be some comparable opportunities in Afghanistan and in the Pakistani region,” he said, while cautioning that solutions in Afghanistan will be complicated.
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My Comment: Since the election, I have listened to the rhetoric from both President Obama and his team .... and I must confess that they have given me no confidence on how they are going to tackle the Afghan war. It appears that everyone is on standby ..... waiting for the recommendations that are going to be made to the White House on how to win this war.
Personally, I am sure that the recommendations are not going to be palatable to both President Obama and the more liberal members of his coalition of supporters. Will he listen to the commanders on the ground, or will President Obama make a political choice. I do not know the answer.
I guess we are going to find out in the next few weeks.
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